MILTOCHRISTA. 78] 



*1021 a. Miltochrista flavoplagiata. (Plate XL. fig. 32.) 



Miltochrista flavoplagiata, Roths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 215 (1913). 



d . Head yellow with black spots on irons and vertex ; the palpi 

 black above; thorns yellow with large black patches occupying the 

 greater part of tegulae, patagia, meso- and metathorax ; abdomen 

 black with lateral yellow streaks. Fore wing black-brown ; yellow 

 streaks in basal half of cell and on base of vein 1 and a wedge- 

 shaped subbasal patch below the cell, continued as a slight streak 

 in submedian fold to below end of cell; a medial yellow spot below 

 costa, small spot below the cell and large spot above inner margin ; 

 a series of slight yellow streaks in the interspaces beyond the cell; 

 a small subterminal yellow spot below apex, quadrate spot at middle 

 and rather dentate band between veins 1 and 1. Hind wing black- 

 brown. Underside of fore wing with diffused yellowish in and 

 below the cell and the yellow subterminal marks. 



Ab. 1. Fore win^r with the yellow markings reduced, no streaks 

 on postmedial area. 



5 . Fore wing with the yellow markings more extensive, defining 

 a subbasal black spot in cell, an antemedial line angled outwards in 

 cell then oblicpue, a postmedial line excurved below costa and angled 

 inwards in submedian fold to the antemedial line, the medial area 

 yellow with an elongate blackish spot in end of cell. 



Hab. Sula Mangoli (Doherft/), type t d\ ? in Coll. Rothschild. 

 Exp. S 28, 2 38 millim. 



1027 a. Miltochrista dohertyi. (Plate XL. tig. 33.) 



Miltochrista cuneonotata, ab. 1, Hmpsn. Cat. Lep. Phal. B.M. ii. p. 483. 

 Miltochrista dohertyi, Roths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 215 (1913). 



cS ■ Head and thorax scai'let, the vertex of head, tegula?, and 

 patagia with black points; abdomen scarlet, dorsally whitish towards 

 base. Fore wing scarlet ; blackish points at base on costa and below 

 the cell and a subbasal point in cell ; the antemedial area with 

 diffused fuscous line from below costa to vein 1, produced to short 

 streaks on subcostal and median nervures and angled inwards in 

 submedian fold ; antemedial line fuscous, excurved below costa, 

 then oblique ; medial line fuscous, oblique to discalfold where it is 

 angled inwards to the antemedial line, then excurved and angled 

 inwards in submedian fold; postmedial line fuscous, arising from 

 costa at the medial line, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and 

 joining the medial line at vein 1, the veins beyond it with fuscous 

 streaks not reaching the termen, forking on veins S, 7 and longer 

 on veins G and 4 ; the costa towards apex and cilia pale fuscous. 

 Hind wing yellowish tinged with pink. Underside of fore wing 

 and costal area of hind wing pale scarlet. 



